Thank-You so much Megan for the reply, I really appreciate it! Yours sounds really pretty, And Megan have this in mind when you see a bloom for the first time...The color of a rose that is just flowering is in my experience is not as good as it gets after it has had a few blooms on the bush. This was the first bloom, but it was such a drastic difference in color that it is actually hard to believe that it is in fact a M.R rose bush. Your bloom that you described was a lot closer to what it is supposed to look than mine and I believe that the color of your next blooms will be like they are supposed to...Unless it is affected by the heat of our location. (colors fading, ext) I'm going through a drought and my roses are suffering! My yellows look like my Garden party....They have NO color! But anyway Thanks Megan, I appreciated your reply, and you did actually help me by telling me that your rose which is in the same zone is close to the color the rose is supposed to have.

       -Michael, an east Texas gardener.